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Will every country's average height peak or crawl on extremely slowly forever?

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Minkowski
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Posted on Nov 17, 2021, 10:37 am
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Hi recently I'm into anthropometry and I'm wondering since I've discovered that even European countries' average heights are still increasing but just very very slowly so that we cannot detect the growths although the statistics are eventually telling us that they are still increasing.
So will one country's average height peak at one value or increase forever? I came up this question cuz dinosaurs are way taller than human beings but they were conquering the Earth for 160 million yrs so I guess human beings can also grow their heights forever until the Armageddon Day.
If over certain height, human beings will die of diseases induced from excessive height then my assumption will not make any sense.
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Posted on Nov 29, 2021, 2:26 pm
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Posted on Nov 29, 2021, 3:10 pm
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Average height in the Netherlands is no longer increasing. I don't in other places but it makes sense since there are lot of immigrants from other countries.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/09/20/worlds-tallest-people-shrinking-height-study-shows/8417211002/
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Posted on Nov 29, 2021, 3:29 pm
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Quote from: battroll on November 29, 2021, 03:10:27 PMAverage height in the Netherlands is no longer increasing. I don't in other places but it makes sense since there are lot of immigrants from other countries.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/09/20/worlds-tallest-people-shrinking-height-study-shows/8417211002/

Immigration has become increasingly popular in Europe? Kind of like what's happening in the US?
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Posted on Nov 30, 2021, 6:49 am
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Quote from: ilovescience on November 29, 2021, 03:29:09 PMImmigration has become increasingly popular in Europe? Kind of like what's happening in the US?

Yes, absolutely. I am from Spain myself and I am currently living part time in the Netherlands.

I believe moving to northern Europe is what causes my height neurosis. I am 180-181cm and in Spain I was in the upper average, here is the other way around. After coming here I started researching ways to get taller and discovered this forum
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Posted on Nov 30, 2021, 8:17 am
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Quote from: battroll on November 30, 2021, 06:49:27 AMYes, absolutely. I am from Spain myself and I am currently living part time in the Netherlands.

I believe moving to northern Europe is what causes my height neurosis. I am 180-181cm and in Spain I was in the upper average, here is the other way around. After coming here I started researching ways to get taller and discovered this forum
180-181cm is beyond average by very few though unless you are talking about the Netherlands. So it's not a rational move to do this costly surgery cuz it can't make sense. But I'm only 162ish and surgery, I can say, will be a necessity for me.
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Posted on Nov 30, 2021, 8:30 am
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Quote from: MatsuO OoKi on November 17, 2021, 10:37:31 AMHi recently I'm into anthropometry and I'm wondering since I've discovered that even European countries' average heights are still increasing but just very very slowly so that we cannot detect the growths although the statistics are eventually telling us that they are still increasing.
So will one country's average height peak at one value or increase forever? I came up this question cuz dinosaurs are way taller than human beings but they were conquering the Earth for 160 million yrs so I guess human beings can also grow their heights forever until the Armageddon Day.
If over certain height, human beings will die of diseases induced from excessive height then my assumption will not make any sense.


Height between 180-190 is top of attractiveness but not more usually. A lot of women don’t like excessively tall guys ( some do ) but for the most part 175-180 is decent and 180-190 is max attractiveness imo for most women or they wouldn’t care about the difference between a 6’1 to 6’4 for example
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Posted on Nov 30, 2021, 11:39 am
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Quote from: Activatedxx on November 30, 2021, 08:30:44 AM
Height between 180-190 is top of attractiveness but not more usually. A lot of women don’t like excessively tall guys ( some do ) but for the most part 175-180 is decent and 180-190 is max attractiveness imo for most women or they wouldn’t care about the difference between a 6’1 to 6’4 for example
Human height changes in accordance with bioenvironment, genetics(including biological adapation), natural calamities and man-made misfortunes and etc. I think what you said made sense so I think the maximum average height value hits around this range.
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Posted on Dec 6, 2021, 5:54 pm
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The average European height (aside from weird examples like the Dutch) is about equal now to what it was in the High Middle Ages, so it's unlikely to continue increasing much further--if at all.
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